Frontstretch Newsletter: Aug. 17, 2021
Volume: XIV, Edition LXII
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- The Super DIRTcar Series travels just north of Syracuse, N.Y. to Brewerton Speedway for the Demon 100. Coverage starts tonight at 6:30 p.m. on
DirtVision.
- Teams continue to make preparations for this weekend's races at both Michigan International Speedway and World Wide Technology Raceway. The entry list for Friday's ARCA race at Michigan will likely be
released today. We'll have that and anything else that breaks at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: Aug. 16-17
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- SportsCar365.com is reporting that Kyle Tilley has opted out of this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans. Based on Tilley's tweets responding to this article, it appears that the move is due to the same injury that forced
him to miss the Cup and Xfinity races last weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He will be replaced in the IDEC Sport/Era Motorsport-run No. 17 ORECA 07-Gibson by former Rebellion Racing driver Thomas Laurent. Laurent will share the car with Ryan Dalziel and Dwight Merriman, who won in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's LMP2 class back on Aug. 1 at Road America.
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| | Entry List: 2021 FireKeepers Casino 400
For Sunday's 400-mile race at Michigan International Speedway, there are 37 cars entered. The only driver change among the cars entered is BJ McLeod returning to the Live Fast No. 78.
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| | Entry List: 2021 New Holland 250
For Saturday's Xfinity Series race in Michigan, there are 41 teams entered. The No. 13 from MBM Motorsports will likely be excluded. The road racing experts are out, replaced by regulars. Tyler Reddick will be
back with Our Motorsports, while Colin Garrett rejoins Sam Hunt Racing.
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| | Bubba Wallace Returning to Xfinity at Michigan
Hattori Racing Enterprises announced Monday that Bubba Wallace will drive the No. 61 Toyota in Saturday's New Holland 250 at Michigan. It will be his first Xfinity Series start since 2017.
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| | Entry List: Toyota 200 Presented By CK Power at Gateway
There are 42 teams that posted entries for Friday night's 200-mile race at World Wide Technology Racing. On Point Motorsports' second truck and Clay Greenfield got excluded from the race. Derek Griffith will make his
Truck debut with Kyle Busch Motorsports, while Ty Majeski returns in a driving capacity to ThorSport Racing.
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| | Jake Griffin Running Gateway for Niece
Niece Motorsports announced Monday that Jake Griffin will drive the team's No. 45 Chevrolet this weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway, replacing Chad Chastain.
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| | Chris Hacker Making Truck Debut at Gateway
After getting ahead of himself a few weeks back, Chris Hacker will officially make his Camping World Truck Series debut this Friday night at World Wide Technology Raceway with Reaume Brothers Racing.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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